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#IP 927 28 Jun - 4 Jul 2010

Mr Shyam Chetty

Mr Shyam Chetty has been appointed as Scientist H/Outstanding Scientist (STIO) in CSIR.Congratulations Sir!

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Invited talk by Dr Bharathi Bai J Basu at Pressure sensitive paint(PSP) & Temperature sensitive paint(TSP) International Workshop at Beijing China – 23 - 25, May 2010 

The PSP&TSP International Workshop at Beijing was organized jointly by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Purdue University and Western Michigan University, sponsored by China Aerodynamics Research Institute and China Aerodynamics R&D Center. It indeed was an honour to be invited to present an invited talk on PSP in front of pioneers in PSP at the International PSP Workshop. During the inaugural session, Prof. Sullivan gave an inspiring talk on the state of the art of PSP and TSP, its brief history, operational principles and a series of examples of the application of PSP and TSP. There were several oral presentations on the applications of PSP/TSP. The technical session on photoluminescent properties and PSP systems was chaired by me. The session included talks on the new developments on PSP Systems, surface stress sensitive films, unsteady PSP measurement technique, lifetime PSP for rotary and oscillating surfaces and development of a two-layer binary PSP for unsteady flow fields.

My talk on “Development of pyrene-based binary PSP” received a lot of appreciation by many participants and some of them expressed their interest in collaborative work. Prof. Sullivan in the closing session narrated the advancement in the field in the last decade and identified the frontier areas of research for the next decade. The workshop provided an opportunity for scientists and researchers world over, in the area of PSP/TISP to share their knowledge and discuss the results. Participation in this workshop was a unique and enriching experience. The appreciation received was very satisfying and encouraging and I hope that my experience in Beijing will motivate my younger colleagues to pursue their work with more enthusiasm.

Bharathi Bai J Basu

Group photo

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#IP 926 21 - 27 Jun 2010

Design patents

Recently I was invited to attend a month long internship on IP and its management at K&S Partners to get a bird’s eye view of the nitty gritties of the IP business and what IP is all about. It gave a totally different perspective to look at a patent from a patent attorney’s view point and look at the minutest novelty to result in a patent ( They have to be in business!). I was amazed at my mindset changeover, when I had looked at a few patents as a scientist and trashed them saying there was no novelty and later relooking at them with a business perspective and finding it loaded with novelty! Patent drafting, search, litigations, freedom to operate were a few of the things I learnt and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Design patents which is the latest in IP is something which caught my attention for NAL. At NAL several designs are designed, be it processes, various parts of the aircraft etc. ‘Design’ means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament or composition of lines or colour or combination thereof applied to any article whether two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye, but does not include any mode or principle or construction or anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device, and does not include any trade mark.

 Industrial designs refer to creative activity which result in the ornamental or formal appearance of a product and design right refers to a novel or original design that is accorded to the proprietor of a validly registered design. Industrial designs are an element of intellectual property. The essential purpose of design law it to promote and protect the design element of industrial production. It is also intended to promote innovative activity in the field of industries.

A design patent generally is granted within 6 months and costs less than Rs5000/-.The registration of a design confers upon the registered proprietor ‘Copyright’ in the design for the period of registration. ‘Copyright’ means the exclusive right to apply a design to the article belonging to the class in which it is registered. The duration of the registration of a design is initially ten years from the date of registration, but in cases where claim to priority has been allowed the duration is ten years from the priority date.

For more information you can contact me or  log on to www.patentoffice.nic.in.

Amitha rani

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#IP 925 14 - 20 Jun 2010

NAL bids adieu to D V Venkatasubramanyam

Mr D V Venkatasubramanyam joined NAL in 1973 after a brief stint as a lecturer in IIT, Madras.

During his tenure at NAL he led the Mechanical Design Group for the Indigenous Design, Development, Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning of several equipment/machines/test rigs required for in-house as well as for sponsors. Mr  Venkatasubramanyam executed all the challenging tasks in his career with a very new innovative approach. These included equipment/machinery for composite industry such as large autoclaves, a large polar filament winding machine, braiding machines, highly complex wind tunnel models meeting the international standards, high speed wind tunnel components, large spherical air storage vessel, large radomes for meteorological radars, aircraft and missile radomes, highly sophisticated test machines such as 3 tonne creep rupture machine, brake pad material test rigs for qualification tests from specimen level to full scale aircraft brake pads and many other products.

Recently the project executed under Mr Venkatsubramanyam was the Indigenous Design, Development, Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning of a 4m x 8m Autoclave System.  This Autoclave System which is successfully commissioned at HAL, LCA COMPLEX has several innovative features including an advanced control strategy, fully computer controlled and a Davit arm suspended quick lock safe door mechanism.

Mr Venkatsubramanyam has received the National Design Award in Mechanical Engineering, NAL Technology Shield for outstanding group achievement and NAL Outstanding performance award.

r Venkatsubramanyam became the   head of the ‘Structures Division’ and ‘Structural Integrity Division’ when it got merged into one division called “STructural Technologies Division (STTD)". He remained Head of the Structural Technologies and the Fibre Reinforced Plastics Division till he superannuated in May 2010 at the age of 62. We, from NAL wish him a very happy retired life.

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#IP 924 7 - 13 Jun 2010

Congratulations !!!

Dr Prasant Goswami, Scientist, CMMACS has been invited to serve as Lead Author for the Chapter "Climate Phenomena and their relevance for future climate change" of the working group I Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IIPCC WGI AR5).

Dr S Sridhara Murthy is the new head of STTD and Dr Satish Chandra the Joint Head of the division.

Dr S Sridhara Murthy is the head-designate of Knowledge and Technology Management Division, he will take over charge on retirement of Dr Ranjan Moodithaya, the present head of KTMD on 30 Sep 2010.

Mr R Ravindran is the new head of Electric Section, Belur.

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